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Re: Who doesn't love MEN ???

MEN Set Release Date For LP

The JD Samson led trio MEN have announced a date for the release of their new album, Talk About Body.

Founded by Le Tigre's JD Samson, Michael O'Neill (Ladybug Transistor, Princess) and Ginger Brooks Takahashi (LTTR, The Ballet), MEN's first EP, Limited Edition Demo, spoke to the issues of wartime economies, sexual compromise, and the demand of liberties. Talk About Body is a full extension of these ideals with complex, sizzling synths, wiry guitar lines, and club-ready beats.

Watch the video for "Off Our Backs" below to better your understanding of what MEN are all about.

Talk About Body arrives February 1st via IAMSOUND.

Track List:

Life’s Half Price
Off Our Backs
Credit Card Babie$
Boom Boom Boom
Take Your Shirt Off
Who Am I To Feel So Free
Make It Reverse
Simultaneously
If You Want Something
Rip Off
My Family
Be Like This

Re: Who doesn't love MEN ???

Men's JD Samson Mixes Sexuality and Politics on 'Talk About Body'

Even though Le Tigre have been on hiatus for sometime now -- their last album was 2004's 'This Island' -- JD Samson hasn't stopped making music. This week marks the debut album from Samson's Men project, an electro-dance trio that she formed along with Ginger Brooks Takashi and the Ladybug Transistor's Michael O'Neill. After 'Limited Edition Disco,' the band's first and only EP, they continued laying down the tracks over the next three years for their first full-length, 'Talk About Body.'

It's not just a fancy title, either. "We talk a lot about sexuality," Samson tells Spinner. "Sometimes it's not as apparent as other times, but we really think about bodies a lot. We think about the power we have over our bodies. That comes out in a lot of the songs."

But that's not all. With a majority of 'Talk About Body' written during the financial crisis, Samson notes that a lot of the songs delve into issues around capitalism, making this one politically charged dance record.

"It's funny -- you don't think that it's affecting you in a way that you're going to write music," Samson reflects "But then you go through the record and see, 'Hey, this song's about money also.'" One example is the album's opener 'Life's Half Price,' where Samson croons over and over, "Life's half price/for suckers in love."

Or take the song 'Credit Card Babie$.' You might think that it's simply taking on the notion of the trust-fund kid and calling them babies, or the idea that we're all dependent to the credit card corporations as if they're parents. But it's neither, as Samson explains.

"It started as this really depressing song about how people have to spend money on adoption or different ways they want to have a baby," she says. "I thought this song shouldn't be depressing, and more [about] people uniting about this, like an anthem. It's an awesome contrast."

Re: Who doesn't love MEN ???

Listen to a brand new track from the Brooklyn-based group
You might know JD Samson from her spot on the most recent Out 100, or you might know her for her work with Le Tigre, or perhaps even for her most recent project, MEN. Now, thanks to some confusion on the Internet with that other New York band, The Men, Samson's band has rebranded itself JD Samson + MEN. The first release under the moniker is the Next EP.

The EP features three songs — "Next," "Make Him Pay," and "I Don't Care"—but Samson tells Out that she's most proud of the hypnotic dance remix of "Make Him Pay," which she loves for its "pop" flavor and dance vibe. Incidentally, she co-produced it with JK (née Jonathan Kreinik), a
soundsmith with whom Samson shared a bunkbed back in her Le Tigre days. In addition to working with Samson, JK has also lent his talents to The Rapture and Trans Am.

"Make Him Pay" certainly is a gem of a remix: With multiple soundscapes and a persistent, pounding beat, it immediately draws you in and keeps you there. Although the remix doesn't feature much of the original lyrics, Samson compares the original to the angry protests of the Occupy movement. Take a listen to the song, debuting exclusively on Out.com, below.